funky

funky
adj
1a.
earthy, raw in the style of funk music (characteristically having heavy rhythm and bass and simple repeated melodies). This term, applied to urban soul-music which contained elements of African, jazz, blues and rock music, has been heard since the 1950s. It is sometimes elaborated to 'funky-butt'.
1b.
vital, raw, energetic in an unsophisti-cated way. A term of approval applied to people, objects, ideas, etc. by extension from the musical sense.
2.
smelly, fetid. This is the original sense of the word, dating from the early 17th-century British noun funk, meaning a stink or 'fug' of tobacco smoke. This in turn probably derives from the Latin verb fumigare (to smoke or fumigate), via French. Senses 1a and b originate in this meaning.

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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